welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: do you find that mist depp has proven, clear evidence, that mist heard has acted with malice? —— mr depp, miss heard. the answer is yes. the actorjohnny depp wins his multi—million dollar lawsuit against his former wife amber heard. russia accuses the united states of escalating the conflict in ukraine, after president biden promises to send advanced rocket systems to help ukrainian forces. freedom at last — as the lockdown in shanghai ends after 65 days, there are celebrations

on the streets. applause and ukrainian soldiers in kyiv celebrate their country's 3—1 victory over scotland in the world cup playoffs. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it's 6am in the morning in singapore and 6pm in the evening in virginia in the us, where a jury has found that the actress amber heard defamed her ex—husband johnny depp, after a six—week trial that has transfixed america and people around the world. the two hollywood stars have traded accusations of physical abuse, mental distress and given audiences an inside look into the most private details of their lives.

the jury awarded johnny depp $15 million over a 2018 article in which amber heard described her experience with domestic abuse. our arts correspondent david sillito has been following this trial for us from the beginning. here is his report. mr foreperson, is this the verdict of the jury? after six weeks in court and six years of angry disputes, since their divorce, finally, a judgment by a jury on the allegations thatjohnny depp had violently assaulted his ex—wife, amber heard. was this defamation? the answer... yes. outside, there were cheers from the waiting fans, the end of a trial that had been provoked by an article in the washington post in which amber heard had written of being a victim of domestic abuse, allegations that she said were backed up with real proof. there was the video... ah! bleep her!

what happened ? ..the photographs... slapped me across the face. then he slapped me again. ..and hours of testimony. hejust kicked me — in the back. i thought he was the love of my life. he was, but he was also this other thing. cheering for six weeks, johnny depp has arrived at court each day to cheers. amber heard, silence — and sometimes worse. can you please tell the jury why you're here today? um, yes... the answer to that question was reputation. johnny depp, hollywood star, was trying to prove to the world that his ex—wife�*s claims of domestic violence were simply untrue. and more than that, he was claiming

that he was the real victim. ms heard, in her frustration i and in her rage and her anger, she would strike out. she'd given me a good chop in the ear, you know. - suddenly... i said, "go ahead, hit me." bam! so two completely different accounts of a marriage, and one in whichjohnny depp said he was the victim, and that is what the jury has agreed with today. and not only that, they have accepted that amber heard acted with malice and reckless disregard for the truth. with malice, with a reckless disregard for the truth. but there has been a second case going on here, one that has been taking place in the court of popular opinion. over six weeks, amber heard had been

accused of lying, faking injuries and fabricating evidence. and online... i receive hundreds of death threats regularly, if not daily. thousands since this trial has started, people mocking... ..mocking my testimony about being assaulted. this was a case all about words — amber heard's right to say she was a victim of domestic violence, an accusation that johnny depp says was simply a lie, he was the victim here. and thejury — and much of the watching public — has, after hearing it all, believed him. that was david sillito reporting. i'm joined now by nomia iqbal, who's outside the court house in fairfax, virginia. she has been following proceedings throughout. this rather dramatic day, nomia, i have to say, just listening to what david was

reporting there. i know you've covering this trial since the start as well in speaking to supporters outside the courthouse from either side of the debate. what have they been telling you?— side of the debate. what have they been telling you? yes, we had about an hours notice _ been telling you? yes, we had about an hours notice before _ been telling you? yes, we had about an hours notice before the _ been telling you? yes, we had about an hours notice before the verdict i an hours notice before the verdict came through, and it was pretty quiet, but then over the course of the hour, lots of fans made their way outside court. there has been a huge amount ofjohnny depp supporters throughout this trial. most of the fans arejohnny depp supporters, and many hold signs in which they make that clear and they make it clear they don't like amber heard. if you can actually find the amber heard fans, there's only a few of them, and that says a lot in itself. there are a lot of young women who came who, she thought it was a one—time thing to havejohnny

depp�*s name clear... there was another sign saying, we stayed with amber heard. she said to me, she was worried that would be the verdict and she felt angry that despite all the evidence that was shown, it was ruled against amber heard, and she was worried about what sort of precedents it would set. amber heard was not inside court, it was being televised. —— was inside court. whilejohnny depp was not here, he was in the uk, his legal team work and released a short statement afterwards. but this was a resounding victory forjohnny depp. yes, it resounding victory for johnny depp, as you point out, but... given some of the visceral amber heard has described in david pozner boarding there. —— the vitriol amber heard has described in david's reporting. if

vitriol amber heard has described in david's reporting.— david's reporting. if the “my had been midi david's reporting. if the “my had been social media, _ david's reporting. if the jury had been social media, johnny - david's reporting. if the jury had been social media, johnny depp| been social media, johnny depp would've been cleared easily. each evening on the american networks here, about 80 million people who watched the proceedings. the views on tiktok on this story have been 18 billion. that is a huge amount. in terms of the hashtags on tiktok, #justiceforjohnnydeep has had... has been some support for her, and what has been really fascinating is that there's been two trials, the one where you have journalists going in and reporting on the evidence, as we do, keeping it balanced, and then you have those on social media — because this was a televised trial —

and curated content. and that was massively in his favour. johnny depp has won in the courtroom, but he has won any court of public opinion. fascinating stuff, and fascinating statistics. nomia iqbal, thank you for keeping us up—to—date on that story for us. in other headlines, a war of words has erupted between moscow and washington over america's decision to supply advanced rocket artillery to ukraine. russia has accused the united states of adding fuel to the fire by providing ukraine with advanced rocket systems. the weapons, which have been described as game changers, have a longer range than russia's. russia has called the move a provocation. russian forces are now said to be in control of around 70% of the strategically important city of severodonetsk. james waterhouse has the latest from kyiv. faces of anxiety, wives and mothers of ukrainian soldiers on the front line, brought together by a frustration of their lack of support.

translation: i'm very worried. i know he's sitting in the trenches there. i know there are wounded and killed. i believe that if they receive proper weapons, they're real warriors and they will fight for the serenity of ukraine, defend our country and get our seized territories back. olga's son was called up to fight two months ago. today is his 41st birthday. translation: it is his birthday today, but i cannot even - congratulate him and tell him that i love him and wait for him. a56 miles to the east, a reflection of ukraine's loosening grip on the luhansk region, satellite images showing damage from shelling to komyshuvakha and severodonetsk. russian soldiers now appear to move through its streets and wander into this state security service building.

they're thought to be chechen fighters, who have a reputation for being fierce. almost all of the luhansk region is in moscow's control. russia's gains are relatively small, but the cities they now occupy won't be easily retaken, and that is why ukraine is asking for help to do more than simply be on the defensive. one wish has been granted by the us — precision—guided missiles, which can travel up to 45 miles — with a condition. the ukrainians have given us assurances that they will not use the systems against targets on russian territory. there is a strong trust bond between ukraine and the united states, as well as with our allies and partners. the kremlin has described kyiv�*s request for weapons as a provocation to bring the west into this war. ukraine has long seen them as crucial for its survival. james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv.

i'm joined now by mark kimmitt, former us assistant secretary of state for political—military affairs. great to get you on the programme, mark. can we start by asking you, how might these weapons change the game in ukraine? the? how might these weapons change the game in ukraine?— game in ukraine? they certainly won't change — game in ukraine? they certainly won't change the _ game in ukraine? they certainly won't change the game, - game in ukraine? they certainly won't change the game, but - game in ukraine? they certainly| won't change the game, but they game in ukraine? they certainly - won't change the game, but they will slow down this initiative we are seeing on the part of the russians. these weapons will be able to get into the rear lines of the russians, where they are most vulnerable, and where they are most vulnerable, and where they are most vulnerable, and where they will need to continue their logistics and their artillery if they want to continue this assault. so hopefully these weapons will allow the ukrainians to fire deep into the and possibly slow and slow the russian assault.— and possibly slow and slow the russian assault. , ., ., , ., russian assault. does that mean you are seeinu russian assault. does that mean you are seeing a — russian assault. does that mean you are seeing a faster _ russian assault. does that mean you are seeing a faster and _ russian assault. does that mean you are seeing a faster and to _ russian assault. does that mean you are seeing a faster and to this - are seeing a faster and to this conflict, a way out of? film. are seeing a faster and to this

conflict, a way out of? oh, no, not at all, conflict, a way out of? oh, no, not at all. but — conflict, a way out of? oh, no, not at all, but again, _ conflict, a way out of? oh, no, not at all, but again, this _ conflict, a way out of? oh, no, not at all, but again, this is _ conflict, a way out of? oh, no, not at all, but again, this is not - conflict, a way out of? oh, no, not at all, but again, this is not going. at all, but again, this is not going to be a strategic turning point, this is simply a technical capability we are giving to ukrainians so they can go a little bit deeper into the russian lines, to go after their logistics and artillery, but this is no magic weapon, no magic wand. and in fact, that's part of the criticism we hear over here in the united states, that we are giving the ukrainians enough to fight but not enough to win. but wh now, to fight but not enough to win. but why now, though, mark? why has the us decided to make this move at this point in time? i us decided to make this move at this point in time?— point in time? i think you're startin: point in time? i think you're starting to _ point in time? i think you're starting to see _ point in time? i think you're starting to see the - point in time? i think you're| starting to see the bulldozer point in time? i think you're - starting to see the bulldozer like offensive being kicked off by the russians, several —— severodonetsk not that strategic of a city, but it means that if they can take severodonetsk, dicken pushed further and further into the donbas. the ukrainians will be able

to slow down and possibly reverse this offensive. idli to slow down and possibly reverse this offensive.— to slow down and possibly reverse this offensive. , , ., ., , this offensive. du see more weapons in the pipeline _ this offensive. du see more weapons in the pipeline from _ this offensive. du see more weapons in the pipeline from the _ this offensive. du see more weapons in the pipeline from the us, - this offensive. du see more weapons in the pipeline from the us, mark, i in the pipeline from the us, mark, more along the way?— more along the way? that's an insured in _ more along the way? that's an insured in question. _ more along the way? that's an insured in question. president| more along the way? that's an - insured in question. president biden today published an editorial inside the new york times, laying out what we will and what we won't do for ukraine. that editorial was not aimed at the russians but really at the french and the germans. this has been a remarkable unity among the nato allies, and we are starting to see a split, and it may certainly be the case that president biden is trying to make sure that the alliance continues the fighting is the russians, it doesn't allow the russian to try to wedge between the nato allies. a ~ russian to try to wedge between the nato allies. n, ~ ., ~ , ., nato allies. mark kimmitt, thank you for “oininu nato allies. mark kimmitt, thank you forjoining us— nato allies. mark kimmitt, thank you forjoining us on _ nato allies. mark kimmitt, thank you forjoining us on the _ nato allies. mark kimmitt, thank you forjoining us on the programme. - let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines

around the world. an overwhelming majority of danes have voted in favour ofjoining the eu's common defence policy. this means they'll now contribute troops to eu military missions and and participate in eu foreign policy where defence is concerned. it follows finland and sweden's historic applications for nato, with the war in ukraine forcing european countries to rethink their security policy. the netherlands says it's speeding up controversial plans for drilling gas in the north sea with germany. the russian company gazprom said on tuesday it was stopping all gas deliveries to the country, after the dutch refused to pay it in roubles. the gas field is near an ecologically sensitive islands, and production is expected to start in 202a. france's interior minister says he's "very sorry" for the "disproportionate" use of tear gas against liverpool fans before the champions league final last week. but he said its use had prevented crowd crushes and added that only fans from the english club had caused problems. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: four

days of ceremony and celebration in the uk are about to begin, as queen elizabeth marks 70 years of service on the throne. we have a special report coming up. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning in accordance with the order of service by a signal given, the great guns of the power. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who's died at the age of 7a. outspoken but rarely out—fought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three—times world champion. he was a good fighter and he fought all the way to the end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban

on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles' lp sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band, a record described as the album of the century. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines: the actorjohnny depp wins his multi—million dollar lawsuit against his former wife amber heard. russia accuses the united states of escalating the conflict in ukraine, after president biden promises to send advanced rocket systems to help ukrainian forces. let's turn to shanghai now, where there's celebration mixed with relief and caution

on the streets of china's biggest city after a significant lifting of covid restrictions. after more than two months of full lockdown, most people can now move more freely around the city. our correspondent robin brant reports. what would you do if you were free after 65 days locked up in your home? for some in shanghai, it was the simple things, things they've been barred from doing for months. for others, well... as morning came round, the reality of daily life now was clear — scanning your phone, showing a code. the government's going to monitor who goes where, when, to try to prevent another disastrous outbreak. the speed of the reopening of shanghai has been, frankly, quite surreal. we've had this big bang event in one single day where cars are back on the streets, some of the shops have reopened. there's a basic service that has

resumed on the metro. but the new normal now for me and for millions of people here are centred on this — testing, testing, testing. this lockdown was harsh, brutal for some. it crippled shanghai's economy. it destroyed martin lee's business. he opened his hair salon just a few weeks before the lockdown came. there was no furlough scheme here, no paycheque from the government. on the day most of shanghai reopened, he was packing up. he can't afford the shop any more. really, really sad, extremely sad. my shop is like my baby. i had to close my shop. it's like i killed my baby. i don't know if you understand how sad ifeel. this is the first day for me to go back to work, but i wasn't feeling happy. i wasn't feeling happy at all. for the communist party leaders here, though,

this is a vindication. people in china's biggest city, its financial heart, are back by the river. they're spending money again. confirmed covid cases are barely a trickle. lockdowns work, they say. the forced confinement of 25 million people is over, mostly. but as the new normal here sets in, they know, i know, everyone knows that china's commitment to zero covid means it could happen again. robin brant, bbc news, shanghai. there's building anticipation ahead of four days of celebrations for the queen's platinum jubilee. a host of events are planned nationwide, with many communities throwing their ownjubilee parties to mark the queen's 70 years on the throne. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. the final preparations are almost complete for a celebration that's been 70 years in the making. in the pre—dawn gloom of a rather damp capital city, the horse guards and others have

been tracing the route to be taken by sunday's pageant. on horse guards parade, the footguards have been preparing for the event that will launch the jubilee, the first full—scale trooping the colour for three years. and outside buckingham palace, a huge stage has been under construction for saturday's bbc party at the palace. it is the platinum jubilee, an opportunity to step back briefly from everyday pressures to show appreciation to a long—reigning monarch. it's the story of all our lives, as well as the story of her life, that we're celebrating. and i think particularly at the moment, with the way the world is, the way some people feel about politics in this country and around the world, the way people feel about putin and what is happening in ukraine, you look at the queen, and you see somebody who has been

consistent, decent, dignified, and there, delivering the goods, delivering on her promises, for seven decades. quite how visible the queen will be at thisjubilee is unclear. it's hoped she'll be able to appear on the palace balcony. absent from the balcony will be the sussexes — harry and meghan — and the duke of york. this isn't the moment for reminders of family difficulties. it has been difficult, this period, and i think hard on the queen, really, to have these sort of family problems quite so much in the public limelight. some die—hard royalists are already camping along the mall. however, their devotion is not universal. not everyone across the country will find this celebration to their taste — not everyone is a monarchist. but it is surely true that the overwhelming majority of people have deep respect for this monarch and her 70 years of service. no—one expects that there will be anotherjubilee in this reign. the next four days will be

an opportunity for millions of people to say thank you for those 70 years of service. nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace. and finally, it was a football match unlike almost any other — ukraine taking on scotland in a long delayed world cup qualifier. of course, the build—up was entirely dominated by russia's ongoing invasion of the visiting side's country, with some of ukraine's players having not played a competitive match for months. our correspondentjoe inwood went to watch it with a group of soldiers in the capital kyiv. this is no normal world cup qualifier. and these are no normal fans. these young ukrainians have all volunteered to join the fight against russia's invasion. 22—year—old alex used to be a software engineer. he will soon be heading to the front. i will

software engineer. he will soon be heading to the front.— heading to the front. i will be really proud _ heading to the front. i will be really proud of _ heading to the front. i will be really proud of myself, - heading to the front. i will be i really proud of myself, because heading to the front. i will be - really proud of myself, because i'm doing a really great thing for my country. doing a really great thing for my count . ., ., doing a really great thing for my count . , ., , ., country. football is a big deal here, country. football is a big deal here. even — country. football is a big deal here, even in _ country. football is a big deal here, even in the _ country. football is a big deal here, even in the darkest - country. football is a big deal here, even in the darkest of l country. football is a big deal- here, even in the darkest of times. everybody, especially the ukrainian team, _ everybody, especially the ukrainian team, feel— everybody, especially the ukrainian team, feel their response billeted, because _ team, feel their response billeted, because they want to show to us that they are _ because they want to show to us that they are fighting too —— their responsibility. they are fighting too -- their responsibility.— they are fighting too -- their responsibility. they are fighting too -- their resonsibili . ., ., , ., ., ., responsibility. normally for a game like this, all— responsibility. normally for a game like this, all the _ responsibility. normally for a game like this, all the bars, _ responsibility. normally for a game like this, all the bars, the - like this, all the bars, the restaurants, restaurants and sports restau ra nts, restau ra nts a nd sports clu bs would restaurants, restaurants and sports clubs would be packed, but of course there is curfew, so people are watching it at home — or in this instance, their military base. in unusual setting for an almost unique sporting event. unusual setting for an almost unique sporting event-— sporting event. right now for us, it's really important _ sporting event. right now for us, it's really important for _ sporting event. right now for us, it's really important for us - sporting event. right now for us, it's really important for us to - sporting event. right now for us, | it's really important for us to have some... ukrainians would be happy if we win this match. but some... ukrainians would be happy if we win this match.—

we win this match. but in their wake a scotland team _ we win this match. but in their wake a scotland team that _ we win this match. but in their wake a scotland team that almost - we win this match. but in their wake i a scotland team that almost everyone assumed would be ukraine. but not here. cheering 1-0. 2-0. here. cheering 1—0. 2—0. these soldiers have grown used to remarkable victories, but they also know that victory can turn to defeat. it is actually a really good game, but it is getting tense now for some ukraine have got a one goal advantage, now for some ukraine have got a one goaladvantage, but now for some ukraine have got a one goal advantage, but scotlande is pushing. it is getting nerve—racking, even for the neutrals. cheering we want this night, so it's really great, so it means there is nothing element impossible for our country. —— nothing impossible for our country. joe inwood, bbc news, in kyiv. that brings us to the end of

newsday. thank you for watching. do stay with bbc news for the latest global headlines. hello again. we had some warm spells of sunshine around on wednesday but also some scattered showers, particularly across northern and eastern areas. one or two heavy ones mixed in. but in the west, a largely fine day, some lovely sunshine there in anglesey. satellite picture, at the moment, shows largely clear skies, but we do have some thicker cloud approaching from the northwest. that's going to be bringing some rain into northern ireland as we head deeper into thursday, but for the time being, the skies are clear in most areas and it's another pretty chilly night, really, underneath those clear skies with light winds for the time of year. we are looking at temperatures down to around 5—7 celsius for a number of you, which is on the cool side, certainly, forjune. now, looking at the pressure charts, pressure's actually raising a little bit across the uk, but then we've got

this weather front — that area of cloud i showed you a moment ago — that is set to swing its way in, so cloud will increase across northern ireland and we'll steadily see outbreaks of rain moving in here, turning quite heavy by the time we get to the afternoon. scotland, england and wales, a lovely sunny start to the morning, if somewhat cool, but those temperatures will quickly rise. bit of cloud bubbles up. that could bring a few scattered showers to scotland and northern england, but for many, it's a dry day. temperatures a bit higher — 18 in glasgow, but we're into 19—21 kind of territory for england and wales. so it is warmer. that warmer trend to the weather continues into friday, but again friday not wholly dry. there could be a a few showers, this time across wales, northwest england, western scotland and northern ireland. again, pretty well spaced out, so you do have a chance of missing them. the emphasis is still on some warm spells of sunshine for most. temperatures, quite widely, reaching the high teens to low 20s. now, this weekend, the weather will stay fine across the north of the uk, so scotland, northern ireland and northern england keeping dry weather and sunshine, but the weather starts to get more iffy in the south.

on saturday, we'll start to see some thundering showers moving up from the near continent, the greatest risk of those probably across the southwest of england and south wales. there will be a few more storms coming up through saturday night, and then into sunday, the storms kind of merge together to give some spells of heavier rain across parts of england and wales. now, this rain band could vary in position a little bit by the time we get to sunday, but nevertheless warm spells of sunshine, a few showers over the next few days, but we are going to see some heavy, thundery rain developing over the weekend.

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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are emma woolf, author & journalist aubrey allegretti, political correspondent from the guardian. tomorrow's front pages starting with a new portrait of the queen, issued to mark her platinum jubilee, covers the sun front page. the queen's message to the nation leads the telegraph, posted in front of the windsor castle tower. with the monarch saying the nation can look to the future with �*confidence and enthusiasm' flags lining the mall towards buckingham palace on the front of the mirror, as the paper declares the start of a four day party. 70 not out says the i, with a silhouette of her majesty made up of pictures of from throughout her reign. the daily mail also marks thejubilee.